 Artist's arttributes:
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Photography |
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Magnum Photos |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Brazil | 32 |
| USA | 24 |
| Spain | 22 |
| Germany | 13 |
| France | 12 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Silvia Cintra + Box4, Brazil |
6 |
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Galeria Oliva Arauna, Spain |
6 |
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Galerie 1900-2000, France |
5 |
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El Museo del Barrio, USA |
4 |
Biography: 
1946 Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, CN (ES)
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, RJ (BR)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 132
Solo shows 29
2012
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| La Mecanique Des Femmes - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
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| La MÉcanique Des Femmes 2 - Galeria Millan, São Paulo |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
2011
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| Miguel Rio Branco – Solo - Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm |
2010
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| Maldicidade - Marco Zero - MIS - Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo |
2009
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| Divagacoes de um Fugu Delirante - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Galeria Millan, São Paulo |
2008
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Pas Perdus (not Lost) - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
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| Amarrando piedras. - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
2007
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2006
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Out of nowhere - Groninger Museum, Groningen |
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| Azules - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
2005
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - JGM. Galerie, Paris |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Groninger Museum, Groningen |
2004
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Beauty, The Beast - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Algunas Habaneras, otras no... - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
2002
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
2001
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| Miguel Rio Branco: Between the Eyes, the Desert - D'Amelio Terras, New York City, NY |
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães - MAMAM, Recife |
2000
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| Miguel Rio Branco - PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel/Bienne |
1999
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| Miguel Rio Branco: Sketches of Fear - D'Amelio Terras, New York City, NY |
1997
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| Miguel Rio Branco: Nakta - D'Amelio Terras, New York City, NY |
1996
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| Von nirgendwoher - FFI - Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt/Main |
1995
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| Miguel Rio Branco - Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo |
1991
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| Das Herz ist der Spiegel des Fleisches - FFI - Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt/Main |
Group shows 103
2013
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| superreal: alternative realities in photography and video - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
2012
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| O Brazil ! Villani - Marcelle - Meireles - Rio Branco - Tunga - Chapelle De La Visitation - Espace D'Art Contemporain, Thonon-Les-Bains |
2011
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| A Rua (The Street) - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| destricted.br - Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo |
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| Coleção de fotografia da Fundação Telefônica - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Fiction and Reality - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow |
2010
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| BIPOLAR. Video y fotografía en la Colección del CAAM - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| Fragments latino-américains - Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris |
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| Autour de l'extreme - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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| 29° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| CHANGING THE FOCUS: THE ART OF LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY (1990-2005) - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| No Singing Allowed: Flamenco and Photography - Aperture Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| 1 de cada - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
2009
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| Colecoes 9 - Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo |
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| Prohibido el cante. Flamenco y fotografía - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla |
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| Volver - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
2008
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| Daido Moriyama and Miguel Rio Branco - Museum of Contemporary Art - Kagoshima, Tokyo |
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| A Quiet Gaze, Echoing Worlds - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
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| Ceremonies of Summer - Frederico Seve Gallery - Latincollector, New York City, NY |
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| Mobile - photograph in the MAB collection / held at Galeria Rubem Valentim - Espaço Cultural Renato Russo - 508 Sul - Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasilia |
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| Paisaje con Figuras - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MASC - Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC |
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| FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome |
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| MAGNUM - 60 Years of Photoqraphy - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| The Man Show - QPCA - Quality Pictures, Portland, OR |
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| Mixed Emotions. Apuntes para una colección del siglo XXI - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
2007
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| MONO#CROMATICS Trends in Contemporary Brazilian Art - Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga |
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| anos arte como questao - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador |
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| Poder e afetividade - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
2006
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien - Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus, Cottbus |
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| Câmaras de Luz - Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| MAM [NA] OCA - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien - Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien - Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle (Saale) |
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| En las fronteras / In borderlines - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien - Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen |
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| Mujeres Desesperadas - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| Dark Places - Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
2005
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| Veinte años y un día - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
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| 5. Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
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| Piscinas - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Rencontres d'Arles 2005 - Rencontres d'Arles, Arles |
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| Points of View - Photography in El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
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| Open Maps - Latin American Photography 1991-2002 - Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki |
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| Rampa - Signaling New Latin American Art Initiatives - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ |
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| Arte em Metrópolis - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Exposicao de verao - Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| The Telefonica Contemporary Photography Collection - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| The Anniversary Show - Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2004
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| Arte & Architettura. 1900 - 2000 - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
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| Via BR 040 – Serra Cerrado - Museu Imperial, Petrópolis |
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| 5th Shanghai Biennale - Techniques of the visible - Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai |
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| Santíssima Trindade - Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte, MG |
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| Fotografia e Escultura no acervo do mam (1995-2004) - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Paisaje y Memoria - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| Brazil - body nostalgia - NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo |
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| Aquisições Recentes 2003 pelo Núcleo Contemporâneo do MAM - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
2003
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| Mapas Oberts. Fotografía Latinoamericana 1991-2002 - La Virreina - Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona |
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| Change of Values. Works from the ARCO Foundation Collection - EACC - Espai d´Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellon de la Plana |
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| A subversão dos Meios / The subversion of the Media - Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo |
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| Colecção de arte contemporãnea da Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
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| Como si nada - Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona |
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| Imaxinando espazos, recreando realidades - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela |
2002
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| ArteFoto - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| La Mirada - Looking at Photography in Latin America Today (1) - Daros Latinamerica, Zurich |
2001
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| Brazil - Body & Soul - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| O Fio da Trama / The Thread Unraveled - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
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| Tunga / Miguel Rio Branco - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
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| Rotterdam Porto - Galerie Delta, Rotterdam |
2000
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| Two Brazilian Photographers - Miguel Rio Branco and Mario Cravo Neto - Amherst Fine Arts Center - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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| Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Col - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
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| Território Expandido II: a Foto - SESC, São Paulo |
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| Brasil : Plural y Singular - MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
1999
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| Liverpool Biennial 1999 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
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| The Garden of Forking Paths - Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki |
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| Group Show - Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp |
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| The Garden of Forking Paths: Contemporary Art from Latin America - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Insite 98 - Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography - - Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (closed, 2012) |
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| Fotocarnaval 99 - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
1998
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| Der brasilianische Blick - Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim |
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| Der brasilianische Blick - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
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| Der brasilianische Blick - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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| Amnesia - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| The Garden of Forking Paths: Contemporary Art from Latin America - Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen |
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| Exposiciones Colectivas - Inauguración del nuevo espacio - Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
1997
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| InSite97 - inSite, San Diego, CA |
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| Second International Biennial Exhibition: Truce: Echoes Of Art In An Age Of Endless Conclusions - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| SITE Santa Fe\'s Second International Biennial - TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Hacer Memoria: Registros de la nueva fotografía latinoamericana - Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas |
1996
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| Capolavori di fotografia della Fondazione Select. Gli anni '70 - CACT Centro d´Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona |
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| Magnum – 50 Jahre Fotografie - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Prospect 96: Photography in Contemporary Art - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Prospect 96: Photography in Contemporary Art - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
1992
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| Untitle - Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp |
1990
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| R. Gerchman, Dessin 1965 And Rio Branco, Photographie - Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
| Dealer Directory 7 |
Belgium
| | Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke-Heist
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Brazil
| | Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG
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| | Silvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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| | Galeria Millan, São Paulo
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France
| | Magnum Photos Paris, Paris
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Spain
| | Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid
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USA
| | Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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Brazil
| | Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasilia
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| | Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Brumadinho, MG
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| | MASC - Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC
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| | mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
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Germany
| | Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen
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Spain
| | Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz
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| | Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona
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| | Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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| | DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca
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| | Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid
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Switzerland
| | Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
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USA
| | The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
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